Multiple Properties- Development Agreement

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The owner of three adjacent properties 94 Main Street/18 Hueston Street (PID# 90196718); 90 Main Street/16 Hueston Street (PID# 90196726; and 88 Main Street/14 Hueston Street (PID# 90196734) applied to enter into a Development Agreement (Attachment 1) to allow for a maximum of two (2) Short-term Rentals (STR) per lot for a total of six (6) STRs. The Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and Land Use By-law (LUB) have been recently amended to regulate and permit short-term rental accommodations subject to specific conditions.

The amended LUB allows a maximum of one short-term rental per lot where the short-term rental host resides on-site (as-of-right). However, situations where more than one short-term rental unit is desired and/or where the short-term rental host does not reside on-site, may only be permitted on a case-by-case basis by Development Agreement with consideration to the criteria outlined in the MPS (see Section 3 below).

Short-term Rentals are allowed in all residential, mixed-use, and commercial zones where a dwelling unit is a permitted use. As of the 2021 Census, there were just under 3,600 private dwellings[1] in the Town of Yarmouth. Although additional research is necessary, based on data currently available it would appear that less than two per cent of the total number of units in Yarmouth have been used and potentially are being used as short-term rentals. STRs requested through this application are included within the above noted two per cent estimate.

[1] Total Private Dwellings – 2021 Census - Private dwelling refers to a separate set of living quarters with a private entrance either from outside the building or from a common hall, lobby, vestibule or stairway inside the building. The entrance to the dwelling must be one that can be used without passing through the living quarters of some other person or group of persons.


The owner of three adjacent properties 94 Main Street/18 Hueston Street (PID# 90196718); 90 Main Street/16 Hueston Street (PID# 90196726; and 88 Main Street/14 Hueston Street (PID# 90196734) applied to enter into a Development Agreement (Attachment 1) to allow for a maximum of two (2) Short-term Rentals (STR) per lot for a total of six (6) STRs. The Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and Land Use By-law (LUB) have been recently amended to regulate and permit short-term rental accommodations subject to specific conditions.

The amended LUB allows a maximum of one short-term rental per lot where the short-term rental host resides on-site (as-of-right). However, situations where more than one short-term rental unit is desired and/or where the short-term rental host does not reside on-site, may only be permitted on a case-by-case basis by Development Agreement with consideration to the criteria outlined in the MPS (see Section 3 below).

Short-term Rentals are allowed in all residential, mixed-use, and commercial zones where a dwelling unit is a permitted use. As of the 2021 Census, there were just under 3,600 private dwellings[1] in the Town of Yarmouth. Although additional research is necessary, based on data currently available it would appear that less than two per cent of the total number of units in Yarmouth have been used and potentially are being used as short-term rentals. STRs requested through this application are included within the above noted two per cent estimate.

[1] Total Private Dwellings – 2021 Census - Private dwelling refers to a separate set of living quarters with a private entrance either from outside the building or from a common hall, lobby, vestibule or stairway inside the building. The entrance to the dwelling must be one that can be used without passing through the living quarters of some other person or group of persons.


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